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  3. Most workers spend eight or nine hours on the job. They work【C1】______it’ s unavoidable. They need to make enough money for【C2】_

Most workers spend eight or nine hours on the job. They work【C1】______it’ s unavoidable. They need to make enough money for【C2】_

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问题     Most workers spend eight or nine hours on the job. They work【C1】______it’ s unavoidable. They need to make enough money for【C2】______: food, rent, clothing, transportation, tuition, and so on. They spend about one-third of their lives【C3】______work, but they hate it They complain and 【C4】______the minutes until quitting time each day—or the days until their next vacation.
    【C5】______, there are other workers that either love to work or are addicted to work. Sometimes it is not easy to【C6】______between the work lover and the work addicl or workaholic. Although the work lover may【C7】______many extra hours on the job each week and often take work home, he or she does not regard work as the only【C8】______of self-esteem and satisfaction in life. Workaholics, on the other hand, become so emotionally【C9】______on their work that without it they are【C10】______of functioning.
    Real workaholics would rather work than【C11】______anything else. They probably don’ t know【C12】______to relax; that is, they might not enjoy movies, sports, or other types of entertainment. Most of all, they【C13】______to sit and do nothing. The lives of workaholics are usually【C14】______, and this tension and worry can cause health【C15】______such as heart attacks or stomach ulcers. 【C16】______, typical workaholics don’ t pay much attention to their families. They spend little time with their children, and their marriages often end【C17】______divorce.
    In extreme situations, workaholics do not even know how not to work. 【C18】______, for example, the case of the hundreds of people in New York City who even tried to go to work in the famous blackout of 1977. There was no electricity—no air conditioning, elevators, or lights—but these workaholics went to their offices【C19】______. They sat impatiently on the steps outside their office buildings and did paperwork or had business meetings.
    In some urban centers, workaholism is so common that people do not consider it【C20】______; they accept the lifestyle as normal. Government workers in Washington, D. C. , for example, frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week. They don’ t do this because they have to, they do it because they want to.
【C8】
选项 A、source
B、way
C、means
D、origin
答案A
解析 此句句意“他们没有把工作作为他们获取自尊或生活满足感的唯一来源”。source来源。way方法。means方法，手段。origin起源。
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